Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1887-12-31
NEW PUBLICATIONS.

From the Bancroft Company, san sran-
cisco. we have Harper & Brothers N. "
issue of Desire Charnays, Tho Ancient
Cities of the New World, Being Voyages
ord Fxolorations in Mexico and
Central America from 1857 to
1882" The translation from the
French is by J. Gonino and Helen S. Co
nant Charnay was intrusted originally
by the Minister of Public Instruction oil
France with the task of making a special
study of ancient American civilizations.
The result of his researches is stated by
himself in very few words. :" The DEM
onstration that these ancient civilizations
had but one and the same origin-that they
were Toltec and comparatively modern A
very interesting Introduction 10 the volume
is from the pen of Allen Thorndyke Rice,
editor of the Kef<h american ReuieW. in
it he refers to the CharDay expedition as
ore that received strong support in the
United States and which enriched the
museums of Paris and Washington with
valuable collections. The expedition was
dispatched By the French and United
States Governments, and the expense borne
bv the latter and by Pierre lorillard, who
was the original promoter of the joint en-
terprise. This generosity by an American
and the interchangeable work of French ex-
plorer, says Mr.. Rice, have brought within
everyday reach of civilization the most
important and instructive relics of an
American race, not so ancient as many
have supposed, but still possessed of pro-
found interest. 1t is impossible for US to
speak of this work here as we would like
TO do. No brief reference can give any
adequate idea Of its richness of revelation
in detail. Charnay has so written that he
can be easily understood, and for the very
purpose of cleaTness he has adopted the
r,,.L &c haC r. OF oil
as scientific account. The volume is richly
illustrated and very profusely. and printed
in large clear type on fine quality of
heavy paper. 1t Is our purpose to refer to
this work hereafter in q manner somewhat
approaching the character of review &c
which its value entities it.
From Samuel Carson & Co., San Fran
cisco, we have their publication of Rev.
DIR. S. H. Wiiley's long expected and well
come work, +" 4 History of the College of
California" 1t is large and handsomely
printed volume and credit to the pub
fishers. Dr. Wiley has done his work
well. and presented a book of local educa-
tional history of high value, and that will
increase in importance as time advances.
The College Of California as the pioneer of
the State University occupies place in our
history that is large and important, but the
story of its genesis and growth and of the
founding of the University has never been
told fully or rounded out, until this vol
ume appeared. DR.. Wiley has crystal
liked all essential facts in concise state
ments, has arranged the historical data in
orderly manner and illustrated his book
with such "reminiscences, personal recol-
lections and official documents, together
with speeches, orations, resolutions. ros-
tiers, etc, as makes his work complete in
every detail. The volume sells at 81.
The Atlantic Monthly" for January,
1858, is at hand from Houghton, Miffin &
Co, Boston. 1t presents the following
papers, in addition to the reviews and edi-
torial departments Yone Santo, Child
of Japan" by E. H. House; Unpublished
Letters nf Franklin to Strahan," by S. G.
w. Benjamin; "Judson's Remorse," by
Lille Chase Wyman; The Lost Earl, -
by J. I. Trowbridge; The Golden Hes
perides," by Charles Dudley Warner
Constantinople' by Theodore Child ;
Lowell THE Secret" by James Russell
Lowell; The Despot of Broomsedge
Cove" by Charles Egbert Craddock 90 On
Whittier's Eightieth Birthday" by Francis
L. Mace; 1.-The History of Children s
Books by C. II. Hewins q Monadnock
in Autumn" by Edna Dean Proctor;
After Our Hundred Days" by Olive
Wendell Holmes.
The Popular Science Monthly" for
January, 1888, is at hand from d. Appleton
C Co. New York, its publishers. Among
the numerous papers are these: "Govern-
mental Interference with Production ano
Distribution" by David a. Wells; q" Evolu
ton and Religious Thought" by Professor
Joseph lie Conte; The Psychology OF
Joking" by Dr. J. H. Jackson; Glimpses
of Life Along Coral Reef" by T. f. Her
rick Railroads and Trade Centers," b.
Appleton Morgan; Race and Language,
by Horatio Hale; Science and the BislI
ops" by Professor Huxley; 1.-The 0utcom
of the Granger Movement" by C. A. Pier
son: =" Climate aud the Lake Region" by
Bella Hubbard; English Phonology," BY
DR.. T. II. Kellogg. The department. J,
notes and reviews are full and interesting Z.
The January number, 1888, of "Peter-
sons Magazine" is at hand. This opening
number for the new year is decided SUD
cess. 1t has two handsome steel engrag v
ings. One, "Among the Roses" is beau
tiful plate, illustrating an interesting sto ~
by Frank Lee Benedict The other Is
called ''The Young Cricketer," and will %
right to the heart of every boy who iovesia
good game of ball. Miss NJ. G. McClelland.
who has lately taken a front rank among
young Southern writers, begins a serial Ia
her most intense dramatic vein; and there
are, besides, goodly number of short tales
by writers of first-elass reputation, and
poems far above the average OF magazine
literature. [Pete.Son's Magazine, PLila,
delphia, Pa.
Harper's Young Peoples Magazine, for
the Christmas number is delightful pub
LEGATION, both in reading matter and illus
tration. Louisa NJ. Alcott tells an admir-
able Christmas story under title of 1.-The
Little Red Purse" Christmas. as Spent
in Italy," is told by E. Covazza THAT
Christmas Dime" is given from the pen
OF John r. Coryell. The Babyhood of
Jesus" is touchingly related by Rev DIR.
w. NJ. Taylor. These are put part of the
good things furnished by this juvenile
magazine tor their holiday reading and the
illustrations are par excellence. Harper
Brothers, New York.
''Macmillan's Magazine" for December
Macmillan & Co., London and New York;
has these papers: Mrs. Craik;n " The Life
of Emerson" by Henry James; Authors
in Court" by Augustine Birrell Social
Oxford" Juana Alvarez" Moultrie's
Poems" by II. S. Salt; " Uncertainties" by
Miss Probyn; Ferguson, the Potter I"
An Episode of the Long Vacation" by
Roland Graham; Chris" by w. E. Nor
ris-Chapters LII.
FROM tRe bancroft Company, San Fran
cisco, we have received an octave volume,
selling at 81 %. entitled 1.-The Bee-man
of0rn, and other fanciful tales by Frank
K. Stockton. 1t is from the press of Calas
Scribner's Sons, New York 1t is needless
TO make. extended remarks upon Stockton
As a writer of short and attractive stories
he has few equals and fewer superiors.
From the Bancroft Company, San Fraa-
cisco, comes to us Harper Bros elegant
and cheap edition of The Minor Poems
of John Milton, edited by Professor Wn
J. Role. The notes and comments are
very extended and have been ably, even
brilliantly prepared.
From Jno. B. Alden. New ork, we have
three more volumes, completing the set, of
his issue of" Irving's Life of Washington. -
1t is in foEr volumes handsomely ilLls-
trated and elegantly bound in half Russia
or Morocco. with ,IEarbled boards and
edges.
From the Bancroft Company, San Fran
cisco, we have Harper & Bros Issue OF the
Cato Major or I.iberd Senectule and the
Laelius or De Amieitia Liber, of Cicero
with an introduction an& commentary by
Austin Stickney, A. NJ.
How 20 TRAia, a -lGAsARYs--Se;- the,
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